Text size: A A This entrv has civic, adj. been up&.ted My searclles (0) V iew as: Outline I Full entry Quotations: Show aU I Hide an Keywor-ds: On I Q!! (OED Third Edition, November 2010). Jump to: Pronunciation: Brit. Df'srvtk./, U.S. Df'siVIk./ ~.~!.i.~~tion .~.i-~~~!! Fo rms: 15 ci:oicque, 15 ciuike, 15 cyuicke, 15- 16 ciuique, 16 ciuicke, 16 ciu:ik ... (Show More) ~try profile. Frequency (in current use): •• • • • Previous version -·············-·············· Entry • Date ~ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin civicus. d ty way, n. 1568 citywide. a-dj. a nd adv. 1870 Etymology: < classical Latin civicus... (Show Mo<e) In this entry: civa nticl. n. civic centre civic crown civet, n. 1 1. Roman Thesaurus • Hist. Designating a crown or garland of oak leaves and acorns given in civet. n. 2 1531 Categories • civic ga~and ancient Rome as a mark ofdi stinction to a person who saved the life of a fellow citizen civet, n. 3 1708 civic humanism in war; of or relating to this. Also in extended use. civet. v. 1601 civic journalism civet-cat. n. 1607 Chiefly in cir1ic crown, cil1ic garlan~ etc. civic-minded C IV IC, a dj 1 542 civic-mindedness civic:al, adj. 1602 d vically, adv. 1631 1542 N. Uo..u.L tr. ErasmusApophthegmes f. 254, A garlande c:i_uil<~· ·"hlche was woont to bee made ofoken leues. civic oath civicism, n. 1822 civic republicanism 1591 J . H.-\RDIGTOX tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso Jm. xxxn.123 In auncient tintes a laurell .<:y'!icke crov.ne To him that sau'd d vicize , v. 1888 one citizen they gaue. civics. n. 1885 civil, adj., n ., a lld.. a 1387 16oo P. Hm.LAND tr. Livy Rom. Hist. VI. 231 Eight .civici< coronets for saving the lives ofcitizens in danger. In other dictionaries: civil. v. 1584 161,5 E. GRIMESTOX tr. P. d'Avity Estates 409 [The Romans) were accustomed to giue crov.m vnto soulcliers in recompence of civilian, n. and adj. a1425 their valour.. the C:itri..!!)!e was of oake, "hlch they gaue him that had deliuered a citizen from danger. civilianism. n . 1853 civilianization, n. 1928 1630 P. ~l"'-SINGER Picture sig. E4, The .(;iui~ garland, The mural! wreath. civic: view definition in 1649 A. ~l.UVELL Poems in Wks. I. Pref. 53 Our civil warrs ha>e lost the crowne. fOiyici< Oxford Dictionaries(?) 1720 J. 02Er.r. et al tr. R. A. de Vertot Hist. Revol. Rom. Republic I. rv. 241 He had obtained fourteen C:ivicCr:o'~~.. three Mural Crowns. 1750 W. WHITEHEAD Roman Father rv. ii. 57 Scatter here the Oaken Bough; Ev'n for one averted Fate We that (;hie Meed bestow- He sav'd all, who sav'd the State. 1778 W. HurcHrxso" View Northumberland I. 141 A centurial stone.. with a .<:ivic_g".':land rudely sculptured, and a figure of the Roman Eagle. 11!21! w. SO'rHEBY Italy & Other Poems 220 Rome round thy front her ~-~-garlan<l binds. 1842 TExxrso" VISion ofSin in Poems (new ed.) II. 220 Freedom, gaily doth she tread; In her right a.,;~ w-reath, In her left a human head. 1842 J. GwiLT Encycl. Archil. 951 Civic crown, a garland of oak leaves and acorns, often used as an architectural ornament 1931 J. GAVORSE Suetonius' Lives Twelve Caesars i. 4 Thermus honored him v.ith a <:i~".':11rt.! 1965 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 109 376/ 1 Set on a shield, which has a high border in the form of a .,;,;.c.<:rmm, this y,-reathed, bimation-clad deep bust shows Trajan in his ec'<lreme old age. 2007 R. Cow&'l Rom Battle Tactics 6 (caption) Funerary memorial raised by his brother to Marcus Caelius. .. Note his numerous military decorations, especially the .civic.cro'~ of oak leaves. {Hide quotations} 2 . Of, belonging to, or relating to a citizen or citizens; of or relating to citizenship or to Thesaurus » the rights, duties, etc., of the citizen; befitting a citizen. 1655 E. G... YTON Charity Triumphant 4, I cannot here set forth the reason of the late extinguishing these Civi.~)< Lights, and suppressing the Genius of our Metropolis, which for these Planetary Pageants and Pretorian Pomps was as famous and renouned in forraign ::-iations, as for their faith, wealth, and valour. 1747 Hist. Rise, Progress, & Tendency ofPatriotism 14 All Men v.ilo appear in PublickAffairs affect to ha>e this thought their SQDS& ofth.itt Civic Vtrtua. 1749 Ninth Let. Farmer to Electors Dublin 13 Give no such Advantage, my worthy and true Brothers, to the Adversaries of Liberty, to the Miners and Supplanters of your Civi.~ Estate. 1790 E. BURXE Refl. Revol. in France 219 Oflate they clistinguish it. .by the name ofa (;hie Education. • 1797 tr. Decree Suspected Persons Art. n. in 'English Lady' Resid. in France I. 400 Those v.ilo have not demonstrated their means ofliving or the performance of their <:iyi_." duties. 1805 Ann. Rev. 1 298 Volney printed a ci~oiE catechism. 1827 R. SournEYHist. Peninsular War II. 596 Efforts. .for organizing a <:iyic and national resistance. 1841 W. SPALDING Italy & !tal. Islands l. 56 Every inclividual possessing the <:i\oic franchise. 18Bo J. MUIRHEAD tr. Gaius Institutes I. 49 A person \\ito, on account ofcrime . .has been interdicted fire and water, forfeits his civic privileges. 1937 J . P. ~luQUA.""D Late GeorgeApley xvi. 181 It was not his way to shirk a civic duty and he attended the meetings of this committee assiduously. 1963 New Statesman 18 Oct. 537/ 1 The police..accuse the public ofa lack of choic responstbility. 1997 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 57 582 Successful civic resistance, in Belgium during World War !..relied on external support, and >vithered without it. 2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Apr. 16/ 1 His writing is a model ofcliscretion, astute observation about himself and others, and appreciation ofordinary fOiyi~ decency. {Hide quotations) 3 - i a . Of, belonging to, or relating to a city, town, borough, or other community of Thesaurus • I citizens; esp. ofor relating to the administration and affairs of such a community; municipal. 1656 T. BLOtJNT Glossographia G_iui<3 pertlining to the city. I 1675 J . S>OTH Christian Relig. Appeal I. v. §<! 33 [Seneca] reprehends the Urban Religion. .. And so vehemently that the sharpest taunts, which Tertullian gave the .civic~ worship, were not comparable to those bitter declamations of Seneca I against it. 1'j66 Let. to Citizens Dublin 4, I stood, and still do stand, wholly unconnected with. .any Set of Men, who have been on this, or I that Side ofa Question, in your civic Affairs. I 1789 Let. to Voters ofChic hester 6 Except indeed the Stone Figure in the Fish-~larket be deem'd a civi~ Embellishment to Chichester, which would be thought a Disgrace to Billinsgate. I 1828 Scorr Fair Maid ofPerth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser.l. 164 Bailie Craigdallie..who had advised the prorogation I of their civi~ council to the present place and hour. I 1849 JI.L<CAULAY Hist. Eng. I. 354 The first civic magistrate. 1861 C. H. I'E.>.RSON Early & JfiddleAges Eng. I. 84 The promectus, or burh-gerefa, w-as rather a royal than a civi~ officer. 1907 Daily Chron. 8 Nov. 4{6 The same arrayment ofcivic dignitaries in scarlet and fur. 1944 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 34 13 The Italian allies..still treasured their ci~ identity and would resist any unjustified pressure on their local affairs. 1974 B. FRIEL Freedom ofCity 1. 18 These three people came together, seized possession ofa ci~ building, and opeulydefied the securityforces . 1997 Lon.cashire Euening Tel. (Electronic ed.) 24 Jan. The nuclear bunker under Clitheroe's civic hall is to be abandoned. (Hide quotations} I I b . Of, relating to, or characteristic of the city or town considered as a locality; urban. Thesaurus • Categories • Now rare. I I q6o S. f ooTE Minor 1. 12 Had you stuck to your old <i_vic vices, hypocrisy, couzenage, and avarice, I don't know whether I might not ha\-e committed George to your care; but, you cockneys now beat us suburbians at our own weapons. 1787 H. LEWIS Excursion to Jfargate xviii. 77 This venerable pile ofantiquity has been lately disgraced by hewing down the trees..for the purpose of amusing refined Londoners with the game of bowls.- Oh! how my resentment rose to see ci~ I poppinjays in paltry sports profane the spot. 1821 BYRox Don Juan: Canto V xxxvii. 153 That he.. Shoul d now be butcher'd in a civi~ alley. I 1845 R. W. HAMILTON Inst. Pop. Educ. iii. 51 _9vic residence is our peculiarity. I 1877 M. 0uPEL""'IT Makers ofFlorence (ed. 2) vi 165 This mood of mind is essentially civic; belonging to that straitened atmosphere ofthe to""n. I 1975 D. LoDGE Changing Places i. 9 Rummidge.. had lately suffered the mortifying fate of most English universities of its type (ci\~ redbrick). I {Hid@ quotations) I I t 4. Of or relating to the community of ordinary citizens; not military; civilian. Cf. CIVIL Ca.tegories » adj. 15.0bs. rare. 1789 in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) N. 262 Your military rank holds its place in my mind notv.ithstanding your civic I glory. I {Hide quotations) I I SPECIAL USES I I I civic centre n. the centre of a city, municipality, etc., esp. as a focal point for local ThesaUfUs • government =d civic amenities; (in later usc) :1pcc. a purpose built complex in which the principal public buildings of a municipality are grouped together; a single large public building serving a similar function.